Bohemian luxury in Mykonos

After starting out as a six-month temporal destination last summer, San Giorgio Mykonos will reopen in May for its second season. A collaboration between Design Hotels and Thomas Heyne and Mario Hertel (the creative minds behind Mykonos’ infamous Paradise Club), the hotel is a laid back and off radar retreat, designed to be a haven for free spirited and like minded creative individuals. Staying there has been described as like visiting the summer home of your coolest friend.

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Articles of daily use - #2 The best watering can in the universe?

With Spring having finally arrived it's time to bring out those watering cans. Over the weekend I pricked out my tomato seedlings, and since they'll be sitting on my office window sill for a few more weeks until it's warm enough to transfer them outside, a new watering can seems like a justifiable purchase.

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The Mumbai Collection

Back in the 90s, in what now sometimes feels like a former life, I spent a couple of years living in India. It was a happy time and when I discovered these images of Mumbai street art and market scenes on recently launched travel, lifestyle and design site Bly it instantly transported me back there.

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Cos SS13 lookbook & Milan pop up store

French design duo Bonsoir Paris have created a pop-up concept store for Cos at the Salone del Mobile in Milan. The space is at Ventura Lambrate, Via Ventura 15 until 14th April.

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Providence Chapel, Wiltshire

This beautiful and striking home, previously featured in World of Interiors, and belonging to Niki Turner, a theatre and opera designer who also specialises in property design, is currently for sale through Knight Frank.

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Mingus pendant light by Cecilie Manz

The understated charm of the Mingus pendant light by Danish designer Cecilie Manz is quietly revealed through this series of artfully composed vignettes.

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Style focus: Modern Rustic

This season lots of interiors collections include rattan and weave. The bamboo pendant light and natural weave baskets shown here are from Bodie and Fou - for more brightly coloured options check out Habitat's current range. These pieces offer a quick and easy update for modern rustic interiors and will sit easily alongside other natural materials like linen, wool, slate and rough unfinished wood. This is a look that feels warm, tactile and nurturing, reflecting a desire for a simpler way of living.

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Mirror mirror...

Karim Rashid has designed a multifuction mirror, which doubles as a hanger and storage device, for Italian company B-Line.

The Oskar mirror, which will be presented at the Salone del Mobile in Milan later this month, has a front compartment with two hooks which can be used for storing and hanging everyday objects.

Its exuberant cartoon caricature teeth hint at an underlying inspiration that "leans towards the Muppet Show rather than Snow White".